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Councillors accused of collusion on regional board Kristen Douglas Campbell RiveR miRRoR
The Strathcona Regional District board spent nearly an hour Wednesday discussing whether to make changes that would reduce the number of Campbell River directors on its board. In the end, the only decision made was to get more information from staff. The discussion was prompted by Sayward Mayor and Director John MacDonald, who wanted the board to consider increasing the voting unit, the system which determines the number of directors and the voting entitlement for all the communities within the regional district. As Campbell River holds the greatest population of all the regions, it has the most directors sitting on the board – five – and, in a weighted vote situation, Campbell River holds 67 per cent of the weighted vote which is used typically on motions related to finances. The system recognizes that areas that pay more into a service have a greater say. Because of that system, last month a motion was defeated after four Campbell River directors voted opposed even though nine directors were in favour.
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Birds of a feather banded together
“Surplus” geese are released from a pen after volunteers banded 200 of their fellows at the Campbell River estuary last weekend. See story on page 59.
The mystery of the shaven cats MiKe Davies Campbell RiveR miRRoR
Jo Jo Yarjau is, in many ways, just your typical teenaged girl. She has lived on a comfortable, centrally-located crescent in a homey residential neighbourhood in Campbell River for all of her 18
years, and works at a small restaurant nearby. She recently graduated from Timberline Secondary, just around the corner and up the street from that home, and is considering what her future holds – just as any recent graduate would be doing. She loves cats. She and her family own two themselves, and their
house on Kit Crescent is a haven for others in the neighbourhood, she says. She often calls her own cats in from outside and finds others coming through their patio door before it closes. A couple of months ago, however, Yarjau noticed that her family’s 12-year-old cat, Tabby, was acting a bit odd.
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Tabby had never been exceptionally cuddly or affectionate, but when she suddenly went from merely ignoring other members of the family to actively hissing at them and refusing to eat, Yarjau grew concerned. “I managed to pick her up and
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